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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, July 2, 2023
• Why it’s so important to protect your email account from hackers
• Q&A: How do I remove AVG Antivirus from my computer?
• Speed up your PC by replacing the hard drive with an SSD
• Most deserts are hot, but the largest desert on Earth is extremely cold
It seems that fraudsters are all over the Internet these days, and many of them spam us with messages that turn up in our email inboxes on a daily basis.
And they’re pretty good at producing some rather legitimate-looking, and fairly convincing messages too.
If you’ve been using the Internet for any length of time, you’ve no doubt seen a bunch of them.
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Friday, May 12, 2023
• How to prevent your iPhone’s screen from turning off automatically
• How much is your hacked account worth to the hacker?
• How to enable Two-Factor Authentication on your Facebook account
• “The Pursuit of Happiness”
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Monday, March 13, 2023
• Why you should uninstall any apps that you don’t use
• How (and why) to protect your PayPal account with 2-Step Verification
• Q&A: Can you recommend a managed WordPress hosting plan for a high-traffic blog?
• Video: Here’s a little-known secret about Mount Rushmore
Two-Factor Authentication is an awesome feature that adds an almost insurmountable second layer of security to any online account that supports it.
And luckily, most online services do support it nowadays.
In a nutshell, Two-Factor Authentication works by requiring anyone trying to log into an account to enter a security code they received on YOUR mobile phone before being allowed to log in to your account.
That makes your account a lot more secure because anyone trying to log into it would need physical access to YOUR mobile phone in order to receive the security code.